Paper-package.



W. McCORKINDALE & H. C. AVERY.

PAPER PACKAGE.

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1,370,248. Patented June 18, 191&

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WILLIAM MOCORKINDALE AND HENRY C. AVERY, 0F HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 70,943.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM MoConn INDALE and HENRY C. AVERY, citizensof the United States of America, residing in the city of Holyoke, countyof Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Paper-Packages, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in packages of paper, towels andthe like and particularly to an improved form of package adapted tocooperate in an efficient manner with a single special form of dispensersuch as is disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,185,813, issued June6, 1916.

Manufacturers of paper towels, and the like, ordinarily supplydispensing devices containing their trademark under the assumption thatthe paper used in the dispenser or container will be invariably of theirown make. It has been found in practice, however, that after onemanufacturer has placed on the market thousands of dispensers at cost orless, another manufacturer makes a package which will fit thesedispensers and sells at a cut price because a large and ready market isavailable wherever dispensers are installed.

Applicants disclose herein an improved form of package which is adaptedfor use with an improved form of dispenser, which is also disclosedherein but particularly claimed in the above noted patent. The packageand dispenser are mutually dependent, as the package is made for usewith the dispenser alone and the latter is made to re ceive only theimproved form of package. By thus combining the dependent features ofboth the dispenser and package, the desired result is obtained, of1nsuring the use of one brand of paper in the dispenser. Themanufacturer is, therefore, enabled to build up his trade on a safebasis, without the continual annoyance of unfair competition from othermanufacturers. Aside from the advantages of the invention noted above,there are inherent advantages in the structure.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved and speciallyformed package which may only be inserted in a single specially formedtype of dispenser.

Another object is to provide an improved form of package which is ofextreme simplieity and is arranged to cooperate in an efiicient mannerwith its dispenser.

Other detailed objects of the invention Wlll appear in the followingdescription and annexed claims.

Referring to the, drawings as illustrating one manner in which theinvention may be carried out- Figure 1 is a front view of the dispenserwith a part broken away to show the improved package assembled inposition for operation.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the lines 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a modified form of the dispenser.

Fig. 4 is a detail view showin one manner of holding together thespecial package of sheets.

Fig. 5 is another form of the same.

Fig. 6 is another form, and

Fig. 7 is still another form of holding the package.

The invention is, as shown, arranged for use with a special container orcasing called the dispenser, which may, if desired, be. entirely closedexcept at one end. In this dispenser it is not necessary to have anyother opening than the end opening mentioned. In other words, thedispenser may be made with all of its walls fastened togetherpermanently. The open end of the dispenser is of a suitable size toreceive the package of sheets when the latter is in serted directlytherein. In the dispenser means are provided to cooperate with suitabledevices contained on the package to receive and hold the latter inposition after it has once been inserted in such a manner that it cannotbe ordinarily removed from the dispenser after it has once beeninserted. The engagement of the means within the dispenser with thedevices on the package is designed to occur in an automatic manner, sothat no knowledge of the detailed operation of the dispenser isnecessary. After the sheets have been pulled from the package one by oneuntil the package has been exhausted, then it is possible to loosen theholding devices of the package in the dispenser and insert a newpackage. The invention as outlined may be carried out in various forms.

The preferred form is disclosed in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. Referring to Fig.2, the dispenser comprises, as shown, a rectangular closed casing a openat the bottom only. The walls of this casing are preferably fastenedtogether permanently. At some distance from the bottom of the casing andpreferably about midway of thefro'nt and rear'walls and arrangedcentrally are two metal-brackets each made up of two V-shaped spacedvertical walls 1), connected by the slanting wall 0, with the points ofthe V extending downwardly. These brackets, as shown, are soldered oneon the front wall and one on the rear, in the position approximately asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. This is all there is to the dispenser and it isseen that'itis of extreme simplicity and extremely-economical tomanufacture.

Referring now to thespecial form of package with whichthis-applicationis more directly concerned, it maybe said. that thepackage is generally like that"disclosed"in patent to Teall 1,131,874tdated March 16, 1915. This package: comprises initsipreferred form astiffening cardboard center f around which a pack ofassemble'd sheets isfolded. These sheets arepasted'oneto the other in the s0 called'drop"formation. The ends of the pack arebroughttogether as disclosed inFigs. 2 and L and are provided with two vertical cuts 9 (see Fig. 1).These cuts are spacedapa'rt, as shown, and'jprovide a plane of weaknessfor the sheets to be torn from the pack as the ends areheldby theholding strip fi. Strip 1', made'of pliable metal, is looped,'one stripthrough each end and over the top of'the pack. The' endsof each stripare bent into overlapping relation against the upper end of'thestiffening piece f. These strips project beyond the sides of the'packasshown at 7: for a purpose to be described.

With the package formed 1 as shown and described itis'inse'rted'in thedispenser "by directlypushing-its upper end in thejopen end of thecasing a. The projections is, of metal strips 2', one on the front-andonegon the rear sides of-thejpackage, engage the sloping walls 0 ofthe-brackets above mentioned, which force the upper end of the packagetightly together as it is'jpushed upwardly in the container. As soon as"the projections leave the upper end of the sloping wall 0 thecompression just mentioned causes the projections 70 to springoutwardly. If the package is then released, it will settle down intothevposition shown in Fig, 2, so that the projections 70 extend "inoverlapping relation to the upper sloping walls 0 andbetween theV-sh-aped walls?) of thedispenser brackets. Inthis positionit is 1impossible for fany one to reach their hand up inside of the casing andrelease the package from the brackets. The engagement of thedeviceslc ofthe paekageiwith the means-0 of the; dispenser as described isautomatic. A single sheet 6 may be .pulled from the package in themannercustomary with drop down sheet'packages, and will hausted at which timeit is possible to insert ones hand in the casing, pull'the holding orbinding device or strips 2' away from the brackets and out of the casingfor the next package to be inserted.

It will thus be seen that anext'remely simple and economical dispenserfor the type of package disclosed 'is'pro'vided which has theadvantage-that'a special form ofpackage is required "and thus the"insertion I of foreignjpackages prevented. It will also be seen thatthe means'for fastening the package in the dispenser isautOmatic-a'n'deX- tremely simple, and constitutes anew and usefuldevice.

I11'Figf3 a modified form o'fthe dispenser is shown. The casing lcorresponds to-the casing a, shown inFig. 2. Instead of providing'thebrackets,-asshown in Fig. 2 in this modification, the springs 2 slopingupwardly from the front and rear walls ofthe dispenser are provided.When a vpackage 's'uch'as shown in either of Figs. t'to 7 is insejrtedin the casing 1, the springs '2 will be bent "backwardly against thewalls of the casing until the projections [care above'the level of thetop of the springs, at whichti-me thelatter will'move backtowa'rd thepositionshown in Fig. 3 and'e'ngage under the projections ic tohold thepackage in the manner-similar to that described, in connection with"Fig. 2. Whe'rethe springs 2 yield, to allow the package to be insertedinthe'ca'sing it is not necessary. for the package to be compressed toany considerable extent. Where crape tissue paper is used; the packageisvery easilycom'pressedand has 'considerabl'e resiliency so thatit'will o 'erate eificiently with the'casing assho'wnin ig 2.

In Fig. 5, a modified 'fo'rm of holding means for the ends of thesheetsis shown. In this form a single'metal wire'm isthreaded through bothendsof thelpacka'ge and the endso'f'this metal wire are brought together atthe upper end of'the package and twisted as shownat n. Bound overthe topof the packagein a V-s'haped form is a metal strip Z having projectionsfs corresponding to theprojectionsic shown in Fig.4. This V-shaped metalstrip Z is held in place by means'of the wire im which passesth'roughthe 'fstrip and'o'ver the 'top the'reofya's indicated in t'he figure. Ia} In Fig. 6 "another 'niodificationiis -slrown, in which a met l stripa is threaded through holes at both ends'of the pac'kagean'd is providedwith projections 11 c'orrespondingto projections '70. At thelowere'ndsofthis strip a thereare holes through which a ta'pet is passedand brought up overthe ends of the package. There is one tape on eachside of the package and both are tied into a knot at This tape and themanner of its connection with the strip it tends to force the stripapart. This increases the tendency for the projections 41 to enter overthe ends of the walls 0 or the springs 2.

In Fig. 7, still another modification is shown, which is essentiallysimilar to the one disclosed in Fig. 4 with this difference, thatinstead of the ends of the strips 0 which in Fig. 4: have theirequivalent in the strips i, being bent as disclosed at 7' in Fig. 4 theyare brought into parallel relation against the stiffening strip 7 and arivet p is passed through the ends to bind them together. Theprojections 9 correspond to the projections la in every way.

It is recognized that many other modifications of the package may bemade and that the various forms of packages embodying the invention maybe constructed and applied to various forms of dispensers. The scope ofthe invention is, therefore, defined more accurately in the followingclaims than in the detailed description of one or more preferred forms.

What we claim is:

1. A package of towels formed to closely fit within a casing having asingle opening and arranged when inserted to close said opening andyieldable holding devices on the package arranged when the package ispushed into the casing to automatically snap into engagement withdevices within the easing to support the package therein.

2. A package of towels or the like adapted to substantially fill an openended casing and means on the package automatically movable relativelythereto by the insertion of the package in said casing, and thereafterautomatically movable in an opposite direction to engage parts of thelatter and support the package so that it cannot be removed untilsubstantially consumed.

A package of towels or the like adapted to substantially fill acontainer and having means thereon compressible by parts of the casingas the package is inserted therein and thereafter expansible on furtherinsertion of the package to spread into supporting engagement with saidparts.

4. A package of towels adapted to substantially fill a container andhaving movable means on opposite sides of the package and automaticallyoperable as the package is pushed into the container to spring intosupporting engagement therewith, said means constructed and arranged toprevent removal of the package until it is substantially used up.

5. A towel package, for use with a dispenser having a single open end,made to substantially fill the dispenser and when in serted therein toclose said open end, and means on the package operable as the latter isinserted in the dispenser to automatically engage a part thereof, saidmeans and part being relatively movable in one direction by theinsertion of the package in another direction and relatively movable inan opposite direction after the package has been positioned in thedispenser to prevent removal of the package from the latter.

6. A towel package comprising a plurality of sheets packed one on theother, a supporting member from which the upper ends of the sheets arehung and projections extending downwardly from said member beyond thesides of the package arranged to automatically engage supporting membersin a dispenser.

7. A towel package comprising a plurality of sheets packed one on theother, a supporting member from which the upper ends of the sheets arehung and projections extending downwardly in diverging relation fromsaid member beyond the sides of the package to automatically engagesupporting devices on the casing, said projections and member beingconstructed and arranged to yield as the package is moved past saiddevices in one direction and to snap past the latter to prevent movementof the package in the other direction.

8. A package of towels made to substantially fill a container,comprising, a plurality of sheets packed one on the other, andsupporting means for said sheets including projections extendingdownwardly beyond and in inclined relation to the sides of the package,said projections constructed and arranged to automatically engage with apart of the container when the package is inserted therein and to gripsaid part to prevent removal of the package from the container.

WILLIAM MCCORKINDALE. HENRY C. AVERY.

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Washington, I). G.

